Main thread again

[vadiraj vd]

Hi all,
I have doubt in this program. Can somebody explain me what's happenning here?
I executed this and getting the output.
Thanx in advance.
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vadiraj
The Code :
public class MainThreadEqualToNull
{
public static void main(String a[])
{
Thread t = Thread.currentThread(); // obtain the reference of current thread.
t = null; // Assign to null
System.out.println("this is after main thread is assigned to null");
}
}

[Bharatesh H Kakamari]

Thread t = Thread.currentThread(); // obtain the reference of current thread.

In this line you are getting the reference of the current thread object as you have already mentioned

t = null; // Assign to null

You are setting the reference to null not the object , hence the output.

[vadiraj vd]

You are setting the reference to null not the object , hence the output.[/B]
Thanks Bharatesh,
but when the reference of any thread is asigned to null, we can't able to access that thread and that thread becomes eligible for garbage collection.
Thanx again
---vadiraj